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How many morons does it take to fill up the piclist with total spam unrelated to PICs, or even microcontrollers? Hmmm. I could make a list (particularly now that I am on it...) But more seriously, why not take the useless martian mathematical discussions elsewhere. If you don't know how to use a LM723, then get the )*&&(%^ databook. If you need a recipe for blackened catfish, DON'T ask in the piclist. Maybe Metcalfe is right when he says that the Internet will die this year. It will die of hardening of the arteries related to all the cholesterol soaked SPAM. Folks, please, this list is the "PIC microcontroller discussion list." Let's keep it that way. (exasperated) Jeff Otterson ------------- spam_OUTottersonTakeThisOuTmindspring.com Maker and user of tools PGP key available at http://www.mindspring.com/~otterson/pgp.htm

Jeff Otterson/N1KDO <.....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > How many morons does it take to fill up the piclist with total spam > unrelated to PICs, or even microcontrollers? Lighten up, Jeff... Downloading a few number-problem posts won't kill you. Besides, it's hard to take seriously a complaint like this when it's posted by someone who doesn't appreciably contribute to the list himself. I've posted 335 ON-TOPIC messages to this list -- mostly answers to questions posed by other list-subscribers -- since the first of the year; I figure I'm ALLOWED to post a message like my last one (and like this one) every once in a while. -Andy Andrew Warren - fastfwdKILLspamix.netcom.com Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499

Jeff Otterson/N1KDO wrote: stuff Jeff, It was probably before your time, but a recent thread on sqrt spam produced a very tasty program. Andy's "newer quiz" thread deals with a subject closely related cryptography and has the potential of producing some very nutritious spam. To be more specific, the solution to his quiz revolves closely around Mersenne Prime numbers. And unless you've been programming your PIC's night and day for the last month, you probably know that the latest Mersenne Prime number to be discovered was 2^1257787 - 1. The so called perfect numbers are related to the Mersenne Primes as follows: p.n. = m.p. * (m.p.+1)/2 where m.p. is a Mersenne Prime and p.n. is a perfect number. Scott PS Jeff, thanks for the flame. Have you ever seen a Venusian bird?

At 08:41 PM 9/17/96 -0400, Jeff Otterson/N1KDO wrote: >But more seriously, why not take the useless martian mathematical >discussions elsewhere. If you don't know how to use a LM723, then get the >)*&&(%^ databook. If you need a recipe for blackened catfish, DON'T ask in >the piclist. I, on the other "hand", enjoy a bit of tom foolery. PIC people are by nature a bunch of creative folks. This is a simple release. Jeff, use the subject line. Sincerely, craig ps. dinnercoop.cs.cmu.edu/dinnercoop/Recipes/bruce/BlackenedCatfish.html ____________________________________________________ Dr. Craig Hollabaugh Wireless Scientific, Inc. 1890 S. 14th, Suite 105 Amelia Island, FL 32034 904 261 6977 904 261 2129 fax .....wsciKILLspam.....net-magic.net

> > How many morons does it take to fill up the piclist with total spam > unrelated to PICs, or even microcontrollers? Hmmm. I could make a list > (particularly now that I am on it...) Jeff, How long have you been around here? You've missed the point... > > But more seriously, why not take the useless martian mathematical > discussions elsewhere. If you don't know how to use a LM723, then get the > )*&&(%^ databook. If you need a recipe for blackened catfish, DON'T ask in > the piclist. The martian math is extremely relavent. See PIC's don't have any built in math functions. So this discussion maps up well with stuff like binary to BCD/ASCII conversion, fixed point math, trig functions, and whatnot. > > Maybe Metcalfe is right when he says that the Internet will die this year. > It will die of hardening of the arteries related to all the cholesterol > soaked SPAM. You sir haven't seen the SPAM the list really has had. SPAM like the knucklehead that kept sending the magazine subscription service every other week. See if this discussion were really spam, then folks like Andrew (who is one of the MAJOR MAJOR contributors to this list) would be participating. > > Folks, please, this list is the "PIC microcontroller discussion list." > Let's keep it that way. You'll see. You'll need a PIC to convert trinary values into a BCD number. Then you'll be wondering where the hell that Martian Math thread, which is precisely what you need, went.... BAJ > > (exasperated) You picked the wrong thread to start a SPAM discussion on. Wait for a real one, then go after them... BAJ

At 10:38 AM 9/18/96, Byron A Jeff wrote: >> Folks, please, this list is the "PIC microcontroller discussion list." >> Let's keep it that way. > >You'll see. You'll need a PIC to convert trinary values into a BCD number. >Then you'll be wondering where the hell that Martian Math thread, which >is precisely what you need, went.... Which brings up the discussion of a PIC list FAQ. Is there one? If so, where is it and where are the archives of our lively discussions? There has been several times when I wanted to find something like the Martian Math thread but didn't want to "bother" the list with such trivial inquiries. Just wondering craig ________________________________________________________ Dr. Craig Hollabaugh Wireless Scientific, Inc. 1890 South 14th Street Building 100, Suite 105 Amelia Island, FL 32034 904 261 6977 904 261 2129 fax EraseMEwscispam_OUTTakeThisOuTnet-magic.net Or you might know me as Dr. Craig Hollabaugh Analog Microelectronics, Georgia Institute of Technology hollaspam_OUTmonique.adgrp.gatech.edu or Dr. Craig Hollabaugh Aerospace Department, University of Texas, Austin @spam@hollaKILLspamcfdlab.ae.utexas.edu

this is great ! how can we survive in this techno-jungle if we lose the sense of humor ? come on guys this place is not a church it's supposed to be a group of creative open-minded horde of pic-fans to be serious is the same as intentionally decrease your creativity who cares if someone asks a stupid question or an off topic one this leads to the other idea : the guys whining about off topic posts are the ones filling up the list with useless posts one off topic question is ONE twelve replies is too much off topic remember this is a pic discussion list not a complaining list for off tipoc qeustoin . this is my oopinion don't flame me 'cause it'll create more posts bye charley

Reginald Neale wrote: > > Scott said: > > > >PS Jeff, thanks for the flame. Have you ever seen a Venusian > >bird? > > Right. I don't know how to approximate it with mere human digits, but > self-appointed list-police deserve the venusian _bird_ > > .....................Reg Neale..................... > "Ignorance is a renewable resource" P.J. O'Rourke At the risk of yet more incandescence, Wot's a Venusian _bird_ ...??? ********************************************************* Ken Parkyn email: KILLspamK.ParkynKILLspamsct.gu.edu.au Electronics Workshop phone: (07) 3875 7289 Home: phone: (07) 3841 5135 Division of Science and Technology fax: (07) 3875 7656 Griffith University Nathan QLD 4111 Australia Office: Science 2 Room -1.17 *********************************************************

>> Right. I don't know how to approximate it with mere human digits, but >> self-appointed list-police deserve the venusian _bird_ > >At the risk of yet more incandescence, Wot's a Venusian _bird_ ...??? Oh, just a piece of inconsequential US cultural paraphenalia... :) Actually, it's a sign of respect offered by all US citizens to their elected representatives in appreciation of the efforts of those reps to uphold the beacon of democracy and enlightenment in this benighted world. Ah, the city on the hill... <sigh> ___Bob PS: obviously we don't get enough US television here in Australia, or you would have known this. ;)

The problem isn't that we don't appreciate your stupid jokes, for that is a matter of taste. It's that I have to wade through all of them when I try to read the mail. I have no interest in how you waste your own time - it is, after all, yours. But you're wasting mine. And since I only have so much time in my life, that's not only rude, but criminal! On Thu, 19 Sep 1996 09:41:54 +0800 Ken Parkyn <RemoveMEK.ParkynTakeThisOuTSCT.GU.EDU.AU> writes: {Quote hidden}>Reginald Neale wrote: >> >> Scott said: >> > >> >PS Jeff, thanks for the flame. Have you ever seen a Venusian >> >bird? >> >> Right. I don't know how to approximate it with mere human digits, >but >> self-appointed list-police deserve the venusian _bird_ >> >> .....................Reg Neale..................... >> "Ignorance is a renewable resource" P.J. O'Rourke > >At the risk of yet more incandescence, Wot's a Venusian _bird_ ...??? > > >********************************************************* >Ken Parkyn email: spamBeGoneK.ParkynspamBeGonesct.gu.edu.au >Electronics Workshop phone: (07) 3875 7289 >Home: phone: (07) 3841 5135 >Division of Science and Technology fax: (07) 3875 7656 >Griffith University >Nathan QLD 4111 >Australia Office: Science 2 Room -1.17 >********************************************************* >